Appapuram, Nadendla mandal

Appapuram (Template:Lang-te) is a village in Nadendla Mandal of Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India. Appapuram has Nadendla, Kavur, Ganapavaram etc. on all sides of it.

Majority of people have farming as their primary profession.

People from Appapuram construct a big electric prabha to Kotappakonda every year for the eve of Maha Shivaratri. A Prabha is a very tall structure with thousands of electric lights supported by a wooden skeleton inside.

Geography

Language and Festivals

Street Fireworks

Telugu is the main language of communication here.

Festivals celebrated are Maha sivarathriMaha Shivaratri, Makara SankranthiSankranthi, DipavaliDiwali, Dasara Vijayadasami, Sriramanavami, Vinayaka ChavithiGanesh_chaturthi, RamjanRamadan, Karthika Pournami, etc.

lifestyle

The lifestyle is a mixture of both town and rural but with little cosmopolitan element. The common traditional clothing for women is a Saree, Salwar and for men formally, a Dhovathi or Pancha.

Economy

The economical development happening in the village is significant compared to the past.

Farming and Vegetation

• Farm lands

The village has a very fertile land in the region. Chillies, Cotoon, Paddy tobacco and other crops grow here very well.

Transportation

Roadways

Common modes of road transport here are cars, motorcycles, buses, and auto-rickshaws; The village is connected very well to Guntur, Vijayawada and Ongole by road. The place is around 6 km off the National Highway no. 5 (Kolkata - Chennai).

Rail connectivity

The nearest railway station is Narasarao pet. The place is around 40km from the railway line connecting Kolkata and Chennai.

Nearest airport

The nearest Airport is Gannavaram, Vijayawada.

Future focus

Development activities being initiated

Appapuram Development trust (ADT) [[1]] an NGO is going to be initiated in 2012 to take care of the development activities.

APPAPURAM DEVELOPMENT TRUST (ADT) is a non-profit Organization working for the upliftment of poor and most marginalized communities in the rural and urban regions. The objective of the organization is to work for facilitating the poor to become aware of social entitlements and collective action towards improvement of their livelihood and basic amenities. The main focus would be on the infrastructure development activities in rural areas and financial aid to the poor students.